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Saudi Arabia has no permanent rivers.

Why it is true

Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the world with no permanent rivers. Its dry climate means that any water flows only briefly after rare rainfall, and the land is instead shaped by wadis, or dry riverbeds.

Source: Geography

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